Originally Posted by
Machta
We decided to buy a UA positioning flight and use the WN travel credit for a trip in September instead. Thanks to all who helped us make a careful decision!
Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are doing and maybe I am wrong. But I think that if you do not link your United 'positioning' flight to your United overseas flight, you will not be protected on the overseas flight in the event of the positioning flight irrops.